Color
#b299b0
#b299b0rgb(178, 153, 176)hsl(305, 14%, 65%)oklch(0.712 0.044 328.6)Colors that go with #b299b0
Charcoal, Blue and Copper lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #b299b0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #b299b0, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b299b0: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #b299b0 in 4 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b299b0: 5 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #b299b0 in 4 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #b299b0 in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #b299b0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #b299b0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b299b0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.6:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.08:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #b299b0 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#b299b0 reads as warm, muted, editorial. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #b299b0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b299b0-c19fba-8ccb62-2d1f26-eee9f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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